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On the first Saturday of every month, Western Avenue Studios & Western Avenue Lofts artists open their doors to the public so that you can come browse their latest works. Come take a peek inside their work spaces and learn more about our artists.

We will be open on Saturday, July 1st, 2017, from 12-5PM.

Our artists always have new work to show, and new artists are opening, some of them for the first time. This is a great place for browsing art, chatting with the artists, and purchasing unique gifts for all.

Gift certificates available too!

This is a free event. Free parking available right next to our building.There will also be a new show in the Loading Dock Gallery with a reception from 5-7pm.

On the first Saturday of every month, Western Avenue Studios & Western Avenue Lofts artists open their doors to the public so that you can come browse their latest works. Come take a peek inside their work spaces and learn more about our artists.

We will be open on Saturday, June 3rd, 2017, from 12-5PM.

Our artists always have new work to show, and new artists are opening, some of them for the first time. This is a great place for browsing art, chatting with the artists, and purchasing unique gifts for all.

Gift certificates available too!

This is a free event. Free parking available right next to our building.There will also be a new show in the Loading Dock Gallery with a reception from 5-7pm.

On the first Saturday of every month, Western Avenue Studios & Western Avenue Lofts artists open their doors to the public so that you can come browse their latest works. Come take a peek inside their work spaces and learn more about our artists.

We will be open on Saturday, mAY 6th, 2017, from 12-5PM.

Our artists always have new work to show, and new artists are opening, some of them for the first time. This is a great place for browsing art, chatting with the artists, and purchasing unique gifts for all.

Gift certificates available too!

This is a free event. Free parking available right next to our building.There will also be a new show in the Loading Dock Gallery with a reception from 5-7pm.

On the first Saturday of every month, Western Avenue Studios & Western Avenue Lofts artists open their doors to the public so that you can come browse their latest works. Come take a peek inside their work spaces and learn more about our artists.

We will be open on Saturday, August 6, 2016, from 12-5PM.

Our artists always have new work to show, and new artists are opening, some of them for the first time. This is a great place for browsing art, chatting with the artists, and purchasing unique gifts for all.

Gift certificates available too!

This is a free event. Free parking available right next to our building.

We will also be joined by Mill City Grows this month who will be selling fresh fruits and vegetables from the C/D Mill Loading Dock.

There will also be a new show in the Loading Dock Gallery with a reception from 5-7pm.

Size matters, in some things more than others! When it comes to making art, working small can be as challenging and exciting as working big. This August, artists of the Loading Dock Gallery will have a chance to strut their small stuff in the exhibit Size Matters: Small Works by Loading Dock Artists.

All work in the show — both two-dimensional and three-dimensional — will be no larger than 12” in any direction. Artists working in photography, collage, ceramics, printmaking, sculpture, fiber art, acrylic, watercolor and oil painting will all be included. The work will be priced according to its size.

“Small is beautiful,” says Loading Dock Gallery curator Laurie Simko. “This is a show for art lovers who may want to add to their collection, and for those just purchasing their first piece of original art.”

Many great thinkers and creative minds have addressed the issue of small. “Notice the small things. The rewards are inversely proportional,” said actress Liz Vassey. “Great things are done by a series of small things brought together,” according to artist Vincent Van Gogh. And Sister Theresa said, “Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”

Size Matters, Small Works by Loading Dock Gallery Artists runs from August 3 to August 28 at the Loading Dock Gallery at Western Avenue Studios, Lowell MA, with an opening reception on Saturday, August 6 from 5 to 7 pm, immediately following First Saturday Open Studios (from noon to 5pm). The Loading Dock Gallery, a part of Loading Dock Arts, is open Wednesday through Saturday, 12 noon to 5:30 pm, Thursday evenings until 8:30 pm and Sunday 12 noon to 4 pm. For more information, call 978-656-1687 or visit theloadingdockgallery.com.

Ali Manning of Vintage Page Designs, studio 321, is offering a three hour long workshop on paper marbling in her studio. Marbling is the centuries old art of creating colorful patterns by floating pigments on a pan of water and then transferring this pattern to a surface, such as paper or fabric.

In this 3-hour workshop you’ll create beautiful patterns on a variety of papers that you can use for book and card making, calligraphy, framing and more. It’s a great introduction to marbling without the trouble buying and setting up all the equipment and materials.

No experience or supplies needed. Students will leave class with approximatley 20 sheets of marbled paper. This workshop costs $49.99 and you can reserve you space online here. Spaces for this class go quick!

On the first Saturday of every month, Western Avenue Studios & Western Avenue Lofts artists open their doors to the public so that you can come browse their latest works. Come take a peek inside their work spaces and learn more about our artists.

We will be open on Saturday, June 4, 2016, from 12-5PM.

Our artists always have new work to show, and new artists are opening, some of them for the first time. This is a great place for browsing art, chatting with the artists, and purchasing unique gifts for all.

Gift certificates available too!

This is a free event. Free parking available right next to our building.

We will also be joined by Mill City Grows this month who will be selling fresh fruits and vegetables from the C/D Mill Loading Dock.

Our food truck this month will be Souped up food for all of your food needs as you wander our huge mill buildings.

There will also be a new show in the Loading Dock Gallery with a reception from 5-7pm.

Several Western Avenue Studios artists will be selling their handmade artisanal creations at Frobies Cafe Farm & Art Market in Dracut, MA. Join Arlette Laan Photography and Dolls, John Francis Designs, and Derek McGearty of Scrapsapien at Frobies on May 21st from 9 to 2.

Find more information about the art market and the particpating artists online here.

Pick up a unique Mother’s Day gift for Mom while you come visit where art is made!

On the first Saturday of every month, Western Avenue Studios and Western Avenue Lofts artists open their doors to the public so that you can come browse their latest works. Come take a peek inside and learn more about our artists. Our artists always have new work to show, and new artists are opening, some of them for the first time. This is a great place for browsing art, chatting with the artists, and purchasing unique gifts for all. Gift certificates available too. Art at Western Avenue Open Studios is available in all price ranges.

This is a free event. Free parking available right next to our building or by a short, free shuttle ride away at the Stoklosa Middle School. See our guides at our building entrance if you need parking assistance.

Western Avenue Studios and Western Avenue Lofts form the largest artist community of our kind on the East Coast, if not the country. Starting with 31 studios and 45 artists on one floor of one building in 2005 we have grown to 245 studios offering work space to more than 280 artists and 50 live/work lofts offering 70 artists the opportunity to live and work in a nurturing and supportive environment.